At the ongoing Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbek athletes won ten medals in just one day of competition.
At the ongoing Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbek athletes won ten medals in just one day of competition.
The national team secured three gold, six silver, and one bronze medal.
In the U-57 kg youth category, Marjona Abdumutalova won gold in the snatch discipline. Among juniors in the same weight class, Zarina Abdullahakova took silver in the snatch. Additionally, Abdumutalova won two more silver medals in the clean and jerk and total weight disciplines.
In the U-61 kg youth category, Ziyoda Khudoykulova won gold in the snatch, as well as silver medals in the clean and jerk and total weight disciplines.
In the U-61 kg junior category, Munisa Boltayeva won gold in the clean and jerk, silver in the total weight, and bronze in the snatch.
The weightlifter from Uzbekistan, Solikha Bahodirova, achieved victory by winning the first medal for Uzbekistan at the Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championship. She secured the bronze medal in the women's 45 kg category.
According to a statement from the Uzbekistan Weightlifting Federation, Bahodirova participated in the junior women's event and lifted 64 kg in the snatch, which earned her the bronze award at the continental championship.
This medal is the first for Uzbekistan at the current Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships.
Four athletes from Uzbekistan became medalists at the World Junior Championship under 17, which is taking place in the capital of Azerbaijan. Following the results of the last competitive day, the Uzbekistan team added two silver and two bronze awards to its count.
Silver medals were won by Jakhongir Tulkunov in the up to 55 kg class and Shokhiddin Aliyev in the up to 65 kg category. Bronze medals were awarded to Farrukh Mahmudov in the up to 48 kg weight and Bekhruz Ashirov in the up to 110 kg category.
On the final day of the tournament, three more representatives of the Uzbekistan team will continue to fight for bronze medals. In the up to 45 kg weight class, Muhammad Rakhimjonov will compete against the winner of the bout between Abdunazar Batyrkanov from Kyrgyzstan and Lasha Dotiashvili from Georgia. In the up to 60 kg category, Bekzodbek Ibrohimov will fight the best in the match between Witold Pawlik from Poland and Mikita Kuzmenko from Ukraine.
Additionally, in the up to 71 kg weight, Jaloliddin Jalolov will meet the winner of the bout between Kemrin Howard from the USA and Adilet Rysbay from Kazakhstan.
